Hey everyone!!! It sounds like everybody needs to start feeling better. Everyone take a lot of vitamin c. Thats what Sister Moffat tells us to do. I remember the time when i was in like 2nd grade and all of us were sick at the same time and so we all stayed home and watched like every episode of Arthur. It was great. That is something that i remember about being sick. But i hope to hear next week that everyone is doing better.
This week has been a decent week. We have made some progress. We taught Dean again but he didn't come to church. That was a little frustrating but we will continue to work with him. We are still working with Mary and her family. The ones from Zambia but they are just not getting the Book of Mormon so we don't go over there too much anymore. We had a few interesting conversations with people this past week. One guy told us that the Holy Ghost's name is Gabriel. Another guy argued with us for 10 minutes about how he doesn't need God in his life and at the end of it he said now i have given you my time and you have heard what i have to say now thank you. Then he walked off. We kind of just laughed. Last night we had a guy who came chasing after we knocked on his door and said he thought we had pretty good door conversation skills because we asked him if he needed any help with his house. He had yelled at us before to get lost. That one was pretty funny. Those are just some of the things that go on everyday over here in jolly old england. It's absolutely nuts. The english have lost their mind. They are so lost. It is funny to see how they act with some things. I love them so much though. They are the reason why i love missionary work. Yes they are very difficult to understand but i do love them.
We have interviews next monday and so those should be good. They always are. I love them. I learn so much from them. I also had to do a district meeting last week. I had no idea what to teach the district. It was on the Area Book and the Daily Planner. Everyone just gave ideas about how they could do better in updating the Area Book and keeping their Planner organized. It went alright. We have another one this week and so that should be a little better hopefully. Please pray for me.
Well everything is going well here and i am enjoying the work. I agree with Steve Lundquist. It is the hardest thing i have ever done but it is the most rewarding and it is definately worth it. I love the gospel. I love sharing it with people. The things that i have been able to learn are incredible. I wouldn't have it any other way. When people accept the gospel it is crazy to see the light that comes into their face. It is a feeling that i can't describe. I can't tell you how much i love missionary work. I love the Lord and i love all of you.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Have the Jazz fallen off the face of the earth??? Where are their updates?
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
Tuesday, January 20, 2009
Letter - January 20, 2009
Well hello everyone. This will just be a quick one but this week was a good week. We had Zone Conference and Elder Cousse of the area presidency came. It was probably the best Zone Conference i have ever been to. He talked alot about planning and how we need to follow the spirit more in our planning. It was really good. He is French and so his accent was awesome. He would always take a minute to comprehend what was going on and then he would respond. It was great. He pretty much took over the conference and did whatever he wanted to do. It really was incredible. The spirit was so strong. I love Zone Conference. I wish it was more often.
We had a great thing happen to us this week. It truly was a blessing from the Lord. We were tracting on Thursday and we knocked on this door and a guy answered the door and we started teaching him. He eventually invited us in and we taught him. You should have seen the look on his face when he found out that Joseph Smith actually found the gold plates. It was amazing. His name is dean and he is really excited to learn about the gospel. We taught him yesterday and showed him the Restoration DVD. He loved it and he said he was definately coming to church this week. I am so thankful for the blessing that we recieve from doing the Lords work. It truly is incredible.
Well that is about it for this week. It sounds like everyone is doing well and that everyone is happy. I love all of you. This gospel is so true and i am so blessed to be sharing it with people all day every day. It is incredible. Jesus Christ lives. I love him with all my heart. The gospel is true.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
We had a great thing happen to us this week. It truly was a blessing from the Lord. We were tracting on Thursday and we knocked on this door and a guy answered the door and we started teaching him. He eventually invited us in and we taught him. You should have seen the look on his face when he found out that Joseph Smith actually found the gold plates. It was amazing. His name is dean and he is really excited to learn about the gospel. We taught him yesterday and showed him the Restoration DVD. He loved it and he said he was definately coming to church this week. I am so thankful for the blessing that we recieve from doing the Lords work. It truly is incredible.
Well that is about it for this week. It sounds like everyone is doing well and that everyone is happy. I love all of you. This gospel is so true and i am so blessed to be sharing it with people all day every day. It is incredible. Jesus Christ lives. I love him with all my heart. The gospel is true.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
Saturday, January 17, 2009
Letter - January 13, 2009
Hey well sorry i apologize for this email but it will be short because the internet in the library is not doing very well and so they are shutting all the computers down.
Well this week has been a fast one. We have been busy and we are continuing to work hard and find people. It has been hard to get people to progress but we are working at it and we have the faith that the Lord will bless us. We are not really making any progress with that family from Zambia. They have a lot of questions and it seems to be the same ones over and over again. It has been really frustrating. We continue to work with them though.
The exchange went well. It was alot of fun and i got to know the new elder alot better. He is a really fun kid and has a strong testimony. I have to go on another one this week and i have the opportunity to do my first baptismal interview. I hope that i will be able to do it effectively. It will be a great experience for me. I am excited about it.
We were supposed to go to Kineton today but we can't get out there and get back in time. We will have to go another week but i will keep you posted on it.
We have Zone Conference tomorrow. Elder Kouse' (Gérald Caussé) or however you spell it is coming. He is part of the area presidency. He spoke in the last general conference. It will be a good Conference and i am excited to hear him and see what he does.
I would just like to close with my testimony of this gospel. I know with all of my heart that this is the true church of our Heavenly Father. I know that true happiness comes through it. It is the only way. I love Jesus Christ. He lives!! I know that my redeemer lives! What comfort this sweet sentence gives. I am so thankful for my time to serve him. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. It is incredible. I love it with all of my heart. I testify that Joseph Smith saw two personages on that spring morning in 1820, even God the father and Jesus Christ. I love this work. I see the Lords hand in it every day and i am so greatful for all of the support from the family, ward and friends. This church is true. I testify of its reality.
Elder Sam Rudd
Well this week has been a fast one. We have been busy and we are continuing to work hard and find people. It has been hard to get people to progress but we are working at it and we have the faith that the Lord will bless us. We are not really making any progress with that family from Zambia. They have a lot of questions and it seems to be the same ones over and over again. It has been really frustrating. We continue to work with them though.
The exchange went well. It was alot of fun and i got to know the new elder alot better. He is a really fun kid and has a strong testimony. I have to go on another one this week and i have the opportunity to do my first baptismal interview. I hope that i will be able to do it effectively. It will be a great experience for me. I am excited about it.
We were supposed to go to Kineton today but we can't get out there and get back in time. We will have to go another week but i will keep you posted on it.
We have Zone Conference tomorrow. Elder Kouse' (Gérald Caussé) or however you spell it is coming. He is part of the area presidency. He spoke in the last general conference. It will be a good Conference and i am excited to hear him and see what he does.
I would just like to close with my testimony of this gospel. I know with all of my heart that this is the true church of our Heavenly Father. I know that true happiness comes through it. It is the only way. I love Jesus Christ. He lives!! I know that my redeemer lives! What comfort this sweet sentence gives. I am so thankful for my time to serve him. I know that the Book of Mormon is the word of God. It is incredible. I love it with all of my heart. I testify that Joseph Smith saw two personages on that spring morning in 1820, even God the father and Jesus Christ. I love this work. I see the Lords hand in it every day and i am so greatful for all of the support from the family, ward and friends. This church is true. I testify of its reality.
Elder Sam Rudd
Tuesday, January 6, 2009
Letter - January 6, 2009
Hey everyone!!! I hope you all had a great new year!!! I was very happy to hear about the utes. I will be excited to see that game. Great job Kyle!!
It is bitter cold over here. It snowed yesterday morning and actually stuck a bit. There is only a couple centimeters but everyone freaks out over here. It is pretty funny. But it really is freezing cold. There is no way to get warm unless your inside. That is one of the joys of missionary work though.
Well this week hasn't been too impressive. Yes we are still teaching the family from Zambia and they have all kinds of concerns. It is crazy. I have never met someone with so many concerns. We are working hard to resolve them though so hopefully we will. I will let you know how it goes. Well as a district leader i have to go on an exchange with the Zone Leaders once a transfer so i went on that this week. It was really good and i learned alot about what the Zone Leaders want me to report each night. I felt really good about it and i hope that i can be a better leader. Well we have just done a lot of tracting this week and it has been a really tough week. This week will hopefully be better though. I have to go on an exchange with all the missionaries in the district this transfer and so tomorrow i will be on an exchange. I just go and help the missionaries out and see how they do in their missionary work. It will be a good experience for me. I look forward to it.
I have to do my first district meeting this week as well. I have absolutely no idea how to do a district meeting so i hope it goes well. I hope that it will help the other Elders and Sisters out. I will let you know if it is a disaster or not. Haha.
We also have Zone Conference next week which i am looking forward to. I always love them and it is such a great place to learn about missionary work. I can't wait for it.
Well i don't have too much time left but i just want to tell you how great this Christmas season was. It was so wonderful to become closer to the Savior and to study about his life. I really feel so much closer to Jesus Christ now than i ever have. Missionary work is so great. I love it. I love sharing the gospel with everyone. I have so much more to learn and i will never learn it all but i will try my hardest to. Thank you for teaching me the gospel and bringing me up in it. I don't know where i would be without it. I really don't. I love it so much. It is so great to see the little miracles that take place each and every day because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. yes mom i do my own laundry
It is bitter cold over here. It snowed yesterday morning and actually stuck a bit. There is only a couple centimeters but everyone freaks out over here. It is pretty funny. But it really is freezing cold. There is no way to get warm unless your inside. That is one of the joys of missionary work though.
Well this week hasn't been too impressive. Yes we are still teaching the family from Zambia and they have all kinds of concerns. It is crazy. I have never met someone with so many concerns. We are working hard to resolve them though so hopefully we will. I will let you know how it goes. Well as a district leader i have to go on an exchange with the Zone Leaders once a transfer so i went on that this week. It was really good and i learned alot about what the Zone Leaders want me to report each night. I felt really good about it and i hope that i can be a better leader. Well we have just done a lot of tracting this week and it has been a really tough week. This week will hopefully be better though. I have to go on an exchange with all the missionaries in the district this transfer and so tomorrow i will be on an exchange. I just go and help the missionaries out and see how they do in their missionary work. It will be a good experience for me. I look forward to it.
I have to do my first district meeting this week as well. I have absolutely no idea how to do a district meeting so i hope it goes well. I hope that it will help the other Elders and Sisters out. I will let you know if it is a disaster or not. Haha.
We also have Zone Conference next week which i am looking forward to. I always love them and it is such a great place to learn about missionary work. I can't wait for it.
Well i don't have too much time left but i just want to tell you how great this Christmas season was. It was so wonderful to become closer to the Savior and to study about his life. I really feel so much closer to Jesus Christ now than i ever have. Missionary work is so great. I love it. I love sharing the gospel with everyone. I have so much more to learn and i will never learn it all but i will try my hardest to. Thank you for teaching me the gospel and bringing me up in it. I don't know where i would be without it. I really don't. I love it so much. It is so great to see the little miracles that take place each and every day because of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Love Elder Sam Rudd
p.s. yes mom i do my own laundry
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